Search Results: Authors starting with H from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: Redcliffe Press Ltd, 2005. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Haddrell, Trevor. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket which is clean, crisp, bright and intact. Boards clean and square with sharp corners. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 93 pp; engravings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "In these engravings Trevor Haddrell has been influenced especially by the monumental studies of natural forms by the early photographer, Karl Blossfeldt, and inspired also by the powerful wood engravings of Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton and Gertrude Hermes, along with the work of the Japanese wood-block artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. 'They are,' he says, 'intended, first and foremost, to work as abstract designs in the language of black and white engravings rather than pedantic botanical studes.' ".

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy in excellent condition. Covers clean and bright with uncreased spine and minimal rubbing. Previous owner's blind stamp to bottom corner of title page but contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. x, 170 pp.; b/w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete in 3 volumes. Bound in original cloth with blind-stamped boards and gilt titling to spines. First series is the second edition dated 1838. Second series is a new edition dated 1838. Third series is the first edition dated 1840. All have full-page b/w illustrations, some with tissue-guards, some without. Spines a little faded and tips pushed; light rubbing and a few bumped corners. Page edges soiled, especially top. Front hinge of first series starting. Text block of second series sagging slightly but firmly attached. Occasional minor spotting and finger-marking but contents generally clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was a Canadian judge, politician and writer, best known for his creation of Samuel Slick, the opinionated clockmaker of Nova Scotia, who was introduced to the world… Read More

Dursley, Glos.: Printed by F. Bailey & Son Ltd., 1977. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Printed Card Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed card wrappers. Staple-bound. 28 pp. Illustrated. Very good clean condition with minor wear. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The unfinished diary is deposited among the Blathwayt records in the Gloucestershire Record Office. It is written in French by P. De. Blainville, tutor to William and John, sons of William Blathwayt of Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire. Their journey into the north of England, when William and John were fifteen and thirteen years old respectively, was doubtless a preliminary to the Grand Tour to follow. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Folio Society, 2021. Limited Edition . Fine Binding. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Donwood, Stanley. A new copy as received directly from The Folio Society. Limited edition of 750 hand-numbered copies, this being #603. This elegant limited edition presents over 100 of Hardy's finest verses, exclusively selected for The Folio Society and superbly introduced by renowned nature writer, Robert Macfarlane. It features over 30 haunting illustrations created by award-winning artist, Stanley Donwood, who is best known for his work with Radiohead and Glastonbury Festival but is also internationally acclaimed for his large screen prints and art installations. Bodoniana-bound with a striking red leather spine and printed cloth sides, each copy is numbered by hand and signed by both anthologist and illustrator. Macfarlane's selection includes poems from 1898-1928, from 'Wessex Poems' to 'Winter Words'. A full contents list is available on request. Limited to 750… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete set of three first edition volumes. Part First dated 1904; 1st edition, 2nd issue of 1000 copies. Part Second dated 1906; 1st edition, second state of 1500. Part Third dated 1908; 1st edition, 1st impression of 1500. In both First and Second Parts, [a]3 is a cancel, as called for. Uniformly bound in publisher's olive-green cloth blocked in gold with TH monogram medallion to upper board, and titling in gold to spine. Deckle edges. Single leaf of publisher's ads to Parts First and Second. Good copies in original cloth with light wear, faded spines, and a few bumped corners. Age-toning, spotting and dust soiling to page edges and onto top margins in some places. Spotting to eps and prelims and occasional minor spotting to contents. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Heavy/oversize set. U.K. postage at default charge but overseas buyers may be… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. This first publication in book form of what Hardy describes as "a dozen minor novels" was part of The Wessex Novels series. Bound in publisher's original, dark green cloth, blocked in gilt with TH monogram medallion to upper board, and titling to spine. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. vii, 413 pp. map and publisher's ads. A clean bright copy but lower edges of both boards have some staining. Light edge wear and pushed spine tips. Offsetting to endpapers. Spotting to eps and front matter. Age-toning to page edges. Contents clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Bath: J. Hargood-Ash. First Edition . Printed Paper Wrappers. Fair/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition of this scarce title. No date but foreword dated 1948. Booklet with paper covers printed with drawing of 'Cross on Tomb Slab in Church'. Staple-bound. 32 pp. Fair copy with light wear and soiling. Staining to back cover and a few pages. Paper lightly toned with a few minor marks but no inscriptions or foxing. Long out-of-print and scarce. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Tiverton, Devon: Dartington Arts, 1994. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy in landscape format. Staple bound. Wrappers clean and bright with trivial rubbing to edges. Very light spotting to first, last and centre pages, and light rusting to staples; contents o/w clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 20 pp.; b/w photographs with accompanying text. Landscape format. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition 'Celebration of Age' which was arranged by Dartington Arts in 1994. The exhibition was the culmination of Ski Harrison's 15 years of photographing the older generation in the South West. Scarce title.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and bright with minor rubbing to spine tips and corners and no chips or tears. Blue cloth gilt: clean, bright, square and sharp. Firmly bound without any cracks to guttering or loose pages. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 299 pp including appendices, notes and bibliography. 352 numbered illustrations in colour and b/w. Laid in are two photographic sheets showing different aspects of an original model of Easton Neston, Northants. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Heavy/oversize book. U.K. tracked and insured postage at default charge but overseas buyers may receive a request for extra postage. Professionally packaged.

London: Julian Hartnoll, 1988. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley. Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Fine copy in the publisher's original glassine wrapper which has creasing to front flap and a small tear to spine tail. Blue cloth with title label pasted onto upper board, grey linen spine with gilt titling, top edges gilt. 61 pp; 20 b/w plates. Notes on each picture by John Christian; an essay on Burne-Jones and his Printmakers by Christopher Newall; a catalogue by Julian Hartnoll. This catalogue includes all the reproductive prints published after paintings by Burne-Jones; these prints were published in limited editions and were intended to be framed and hung. The catalogue does not include prints which were published within books. We have a number of copies available which we purchased direct from the publisher. All as new with minor wear to the glassine wrappers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Folio Society, 2021. First Edition, Second Impression Second Printing. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New copy in the publisher's wrapping, as received directly from The Folio Society. Stephen Hawking's landmark scientific work, 'A Brief History of Time', is presented as a striking Folio Society illustrated edition, exclusively introduced by Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees. In the three decades since its first publication, 'A Brief History of Time' has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than 10 million copies in 40 languages sold worldwide. Hawking's succinct style, coupled with a desire to reveal the elegance behind staggering scientific concepts, has illuminated the secrets of the universe for countless inquisitive readers. This stunning Folio collector's edition is beautifully bound in blocked cloth with printed paper sides, and includes a frontispiece and 16 pages of colour and black-and-white plates.… Read More

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Adventure Classics, 2003. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A near fine softcover copy which is clean and bright with an uncreased spine. Minor marking to page edges but contents clean and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xx, 450 pp.; b/w illustrations and maps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the National Geographic Adventure Classics - a series of the "100 greatest adventure books of all time", selected for their adrenaline quotient and their status as classics of the adventure genre. "Sven Hedin explored an Asia that no adventurer will see again: Persian kingdoms, lost cities, and vast swathes of white space on the map marked "unknown". This memoir of a lifetime spent filling in those blank spaces is full of high adventure and deft, elegant descriptions of exotic lands and people. One of the greatest explorers of the 19th and… Read More

Routledge, 1996. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Printed grey boards, clean and bright with minor scuffing and tiny bumps to spine and one corner. Minor spotting to page edges. Some light pencil underlinings confined mainly to the introduction and first few chapters but contents o/w clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings.This copy belonged to Professor Roy Parker, the first professor of social work and social administration at Bristol University, so the underlinings may be useful. If not, they can be easily erased. xv, 354 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Child Welfare 1872-1989 is the first comprehensive book on the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social services for children, covering a range of topics including infant life protection and welfare, sexuality, child guidance,… Read More

Hess Art Collection, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. English and French introduction by Donald M. Hess and foreward by Enrico Lunghi. Near fine copy with uncreased spine. Minor edge wear but contents clean and bright without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 50 pp. Full-page colour plates. Works by Baslitz; Derges; Gertsch; Goldsworthy; Healey; Lichtsteiner; Maler; Panayotidis; Prud'homme; Troger. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hess Art Collection, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Introduction by Norberto Gramaccini and foreward by Donald M. Hess. Near fine copy with uncreased spine. Slight yellowing to edges but otherwise clean and bright without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 88 pp. Full-page colour plates including 2 folding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Franz Gertsch (1930-) is one of the most significant contemporary artists in Switzerland. From the time of his international breakthrough at the documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 until the present day, he has created a wide range of paintings and graphic works which attempt a very special approach to reality. For Franz Gertsch, reality means both a pictorial and a conceptual challenge. Although he uses photos or slide projections as his points of departure, the paintings follow a logic all of their own, which aims for a rightness among all the elements. Woodcuts assume… Read More

Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1934. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth gilt. Binding clean with light wear, rubbed/bumped corners and spine tips. Age-toning and minor spotting to page edges. Paper lightly age-toned but contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or markings other than stamp of Social Medicine Research Unit to front and back endpapers. 449 pp with tables and illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy with minimal handling wear. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: The Adelphi Book Shop, 1933. First Edition Thus . Printed Card Wrappers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Compiled by Octavia Hill's niece, Elinor Southwood Ouvry, with a foreward by Neville Chamberlain. Reddish-brown printed card wrappers in good condition with sunning to spine and edges, fraying to edges and minor wear to spine tips. 64 pp; tissue-guarded portrait frontis. Contents clean except for owner's name in ballpoint pen to ffep and spotting to endpapers and page edges. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

Australia: Rigby Limited, 1969. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White, Unk. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and crisp with light wear to joints and edges, a 4 cm tear to front joint of spine head, and a small hole to front panel. Book is clean and fresh, inside and out, without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Firmly bound. 64 pp; b/w line drawings by Unk White. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Holcroft wrote the stories behind 29 Auckland landmarks including Ellerslie Racecourse, Shamrock Cottage, The Ferry Building, The Public Library, and Melanesian Mission House which was paid for by Charlotte M. Yonge with £400 earned from the first edition of 'The Daisy Chain'. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.